Forming Abstraction

Art and Institutions in Postwar Brazil

By: Adele Nelson

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Hardcover | 1 February 2022 | Edition Number 1

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Art produced outside hegemonic centers is often seen as a form of derivation or relegated to a provisional status. Forming Abstraction turns this narrative on its head. In the first book-length study of Brazilian art and culture following World War II, Adele Nelson highlights the importance of exhibitionary and pedagogical institutions in the development of abstract art in Brazil. By focusing on the formation of the S£o Paulo Biennial in 1951; the early activities of artists Geraldo de Barros, Lygia Clark, Waldemar Cordeiro, H©lio Oiticica, Lygia Pape, and Ivan Serpa; and the ideas of critics like M¡rio Pedrosa, Nelson illuminates the complex, strategic processes of citation and adaption of both local and international forms. The book ultimately demonstrates that postwar Brazilian art institutions and abstract artistic groupsâ"and their exhibitions of abstract art in particularâ"served as crucial loci for the articulation of societal identities in a newly democratic nation at the onset of the Cold War.

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"Forming Abstraction fills in many gaps and inconsistencies about this period and as such is a welcome addition to extant scholarship and especially to the classroom, where Nelson's clear and engaging prose will undoubtedly be appreciated. More importantly, the author's unique insight paves the way for new possibilities in addressing postwar art in Brazil and elsewhere in Latin America, including further research into the racialized, classed, and gendered dimensions of abstract art." * Latin American and Latinx Visual Culture *

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